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Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in

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and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer

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in basketball. One player and it changes your

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entire team. It's not like that in football.

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It's just not. It's not. Interesting guests.

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Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski,

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Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard,

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Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman

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probably earned a pass for a down year after

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almost 20 years. of what he's done for Oregon

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basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck

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in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song.

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It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havel.

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I can't remember, and I've been doing this for

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longer than you've been alive, which is really

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horrible that I have to say that, but it's the

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truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's like the saying

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in Alaska, that you don't have to be faster than

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the bear. You just have to be faster than your

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friend. danny and justin starts now on fox sports

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eugene and fox sports newport hello neighbors

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welcome high top the delta triad the crystal

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palace fox sports eugene fox sports newport the

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bigfoot beverages studios for a monday thanks

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for tuning in friends it is the ninth day of

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march 2026 the year of our lord thanks for Lending

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us your ears for the next hour of the fastest

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60 minutes in sports. The good, bad, the ugly

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Isaac Streeter is going to be here from the Portland

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Tribune. We're going to recap a busy, busy, busy

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weekend in Oregon and Oregon State Athletics.

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We just had a final Oregon State women's basketball.

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We'll let you know what that is as well. I'm

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back, baby, for at least a couple of days. I'm

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like Carson in the first couple of weeks of March

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with Oregon. High school basketball, but I'm

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Danny. People call me Doc. Right over there is

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my tag team partner, Justin A. Grossweiner. We

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also call him Baby J. What a boy. Well, it's

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weird sitting over here again. Did you miss me?

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I did miss you, yeah. You didn't miss me. No,

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I did. Yeah, we both were working a lot this

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weekend. We both had a lot to do. Yeah, you were

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working for Flow Swim. By the way, he works for

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Flow Sports now, too. He's big time. You know,

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I was there this weekend. It was fun. Don't diminish

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it. I watched more track and field this weekend

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than I have in a long time. That's great, though.

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Was it fun? It was. What I was doing after a

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while was I was comparing myself and what I thought

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I could do to the age groups that I was watching.

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So there were, for instance, like the 1500. It's

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like a little less than a mile. And so I was

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sitting there and going like, OK, the six and

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seven year old. It's like I got them like. I

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could beat them in a race. And then it'd be like

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the seven and eight year olds. And then I was

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like, okay, like once it was getting close to

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like the 15, something, you know, 16, like they're

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really training in this stuff. And I haven't

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ran. I actually don't know what my mile time

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would be right now, but I'm guessing like they're,

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they're getting close to. like six minutes like

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the 15 to 19 year old so i'm not i'm not reaching

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that in a 1500 but it was fun to kind of go like

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okay what level if i've competed with this age

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group could i really like beat them all that's

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funny which was funny to do but it was fun i

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had a good time doing it but yeah we both uh

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ended up doing a lot this weekend There was a

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lot of, obviously, stuff that we're covering

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going on this weekend as well. You weren't here

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the last three days of last week. You're not

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going to be here the last three days of this

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week. It's going to be just Justin on Thursday,

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by the way. Oh, yeah? Okay. You can handle it.

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No goose. Yeah, it'll be good. But, yeah, we

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had a busy weekend, so I'm excited to break it

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all down and have it just be me and you for a

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couple of days. We closed the door. No intern?

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Just us? Yeah. We closed the door. We get back

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to our regular show. Yeah, it's like the old

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days. The fastest 60 minutes in sports. course

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after we're done with this one as i said the

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portland tribunes and sacramento state's pride

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and joy Isaac Streeter going to join us. I know

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he's going to want to do Stingers Up because

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they had a good weekend. They did in some athletic

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prowess. We'll let him talk about that. Good,

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bad, and the ugly coming up as well. We'll give

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the results from our big bets this weekend. It

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was meh for some of our hosts, but the intern

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came in again. I think this is the second week

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we've had an intern best the field and help Coquell

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Casino and Resort. give $100 to South Coast Special

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Olympics, but we'll reveal that in a moment as

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well. That's called the tease, folks. We'll also

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talk about from the weekend as well in Oregon

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and Oregon State athletics as the regular season

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winds down for men's basketball with a nice win

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at home against the Dreaded Huskies. That'll

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be top of mind for us. And then Oregon women

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just kind of ran out of gas. It's tough. On the

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third day in a row playing elite competition

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in the Big Ten tournament to expect that Oregon

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was going to be able to sustain the energy level,

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and it showed up in the second half against Michigan.

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And that's basically what it is. Listen, the

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tank was on E, and you could tell. Legs were

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gone. It's really tough, and that's why during

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the regular season you get yourself in a position

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where you get a higher seed where you can sit

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back and rest. And it's a gauntlet. And it's

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not one that many teams have been able to run

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through. So we'll talk about that. Are we starting

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there? No, no. I'm going to run through this.

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Softball and baseball as well. I mean, baseball

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has their first weekend of Big Ten play on the

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road against Purdue. They win the series. And

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the Bats woke up finally for Oregon baseball

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on the road in West Lafayette. And for Oregon

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State. And for Oregon State. And the women of

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Oregon at Jane Sanders. I'm trying to figure

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this team out. I know Nails is as well. And I'm

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not pulling any fire alarms or anything else.

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But am I troubled by some things? Absolutely

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not. Am I interested to see how things work out?

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And I think you know what I'm talking about.

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Because it's been kind of like this yo -yo. You

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would expect they lost a game to Nevada, then

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they come back and beat Nevada to finish it off.

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I don't think I'm seeing against elite competition,

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and Nevada's a pretty good softball program,

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is the domination I think we would, and maybe

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we're spoiled, maybe we would expect. And so

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I just kind of want to sort through that a bit.

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You're doing a great job laying this all out

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because I have thoughts on all this stuff, and

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I'm ready to go. Okay. Where do you want to start

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with the good, bad, and the ugly first, though?

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That's probably the easiest way. Okay. We need

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to wrap up the weekend. That was. And then we'll

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start talking and we'll dive in because some

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of this stuff we're going to talk about more.

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We don't want to steal Isaac Streeter's thunder.

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Yeah. Oregon State. Baseball, Oregon baseball.

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Right. Isaac. We're Isaac. So we'll keep the

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baseball kind of on the shelf. We can talk softball.

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We can talk men's and women's basketball. And

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by the way, Oregon State women are in the championship

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game of the WCC. They were the four seed coming

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in. They just knocked off the number one seed,

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Loyola Marymount, 73 -67. So they are going to

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head to Allie Schimmel, 21 points. Woo. Yeah,

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baby. And so they're on their way to the championship

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game, the automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

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And the other semifinal is going to be happening

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here at 2 .30, right? Yes, Santa Clara and Gonzaga.

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Okay, so they will play the winner of that game

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in the championship game tomorrow. So we'll have

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that. And we're going to have the men's WCC championship

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final here on this station when? It's tomorrow,

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right? Oh, no. We just talked about this, right?

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Oh, no, no. Okay, the men's? No, the women's

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tomorrow. We're going to have the women's game

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tomorrow. Okay. Yeah, we're talking about the

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same thing, I think. I didn't get clarifications

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whether it was the men's and the women's. We're

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going to have both here on this station. We're

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going to have both of them. We're going to get

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yelled at. I don't care. They can yell at me.

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I'm used to being yelled at. Okay, let's do good,

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bad, and the ugly. Maybe it's going to be me

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being the ugly. I don't know. Okay, it's our

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good, bad, and the ugly for the weekend. So you

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want to start with your good? Yes, I want to

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start with my good. My good is the World Baseball

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Classic. It's awesome. I think the World Baseball

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Classic is a huge success. I think it's weird

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the way they do it, the number of years. It's

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been three years since the last one. I think

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it was four years since the previous one. But

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don't they do it in an Olympic year? I don't

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know how it works. That's my point is I don't

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understand how it works in terms of the scheduling.

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But man, having players play for their country

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in any sport is really, really cool. It's almost

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a shame you can't do that in the NFL in any way,

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really, because there's so many American players.

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But in all these other sports, whenever you get

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the players playing for the place that they're

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from, I think it brings out the best in them.

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And I think we've already seen that. japan's

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been really fun to watch the dominican republic

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has been insane uh we saw luisa rise have a couple

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home runs for uh venezuela that was really really

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fun to watch as well so i think the world baseball

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classic huge success i'm really looking forward

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to when it really gets going obviously right

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now it's in the pool play but it's been for me

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it was a good start good weekend so my good is

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After all of the strife that's happened with

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the Oregon basketball program, they close off

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fittingly with a win at home against the dreaded

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Huskies. As Kwame Evans, we're going to talk

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more about this later. So big lead, then Kwame

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Evans Jr. converts an and one three -pointer,

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helping Oregon beat Washington 85 -79 as senior

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night at MKA. And it doesn't get any better.

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The sweet, sweet nectar of husky tears at MKA

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Arena. So I think that's redundant. MKA Arena

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is Matthew Knight Arena. So Nate Biddle adds

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15 points as Evans leads the Ducks with 20 points.

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Again, we'll talk more about that. But that's

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my good for the weekend. My bad from the weekend.

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Did you see this exchange between Louisville

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women's head coach Jeff Waltz as he rips? a media

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reporter and the guy's got ties he used to be

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a kezi reporter um andrew hobner oh he was asked

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a question in his post yeah i know that is okay

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he asked a question in his post game that said

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and it started out with this program hasn't been

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to the standard you built for it and then the

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start the coach launches into this sarcastic

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rant about his team has really sucked and he'd

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be happy to take a buyout if the reporter launched

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to go fund me to pay for it Another overreaction

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by a coach. And, like, Kelly Graves was dropped

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into this. I saw that. Okay, I did hear about

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that. Okay, so you've got to go watch the whole

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thing, but I think it's just a bad look. Jeff

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Walls, just look at Jeff Walls ripping national

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media over women's college basketball coverage.

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Just look at that, and you'll see the clip, and

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you'll know what I'm talking about. What's your

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bad from the weekend? My bad from the weekend,

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my good was the World Baseball Classic. My bad

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was the comments from Bryce Harper on the World

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Baseball Classic. He said, I've been playing

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for LA 2028 for a long time. Obviously, my whole

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career. It's something he's been trying to get

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going. He said, the World Baseball Classic's

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great, but it's not the Olympics, right? That's

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no disrespect to the World Baseball Classic or

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anything. Kind of is. But everybody knows that

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when the Olympics are on, everyone's watching.

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Yeah. Kind of is. That's a slam. And I like Bryce

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Harper, by the way. There's people that don't.

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I think Bryce Harper's great. I think he's honestly

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like a stand -up guy. I think he's matured. He

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was a little bit arrogant. He's still arrogant.

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He was a man -child coming out of high school.

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I didn't love the comments. Why can't we have

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both? Why can't we have both? Yeah. All right,

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what's your ugly? My ugly was the 22 red card

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in police intervention brawl that happened in

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Brazil at the end of a title match. And I'm whipping

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up my stats here, so I apologize. But it was

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involving two teams in the Brazil League. I'm

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going to mess up one of these names. Don't worry

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about it. Cruzeiro and Atletico Mineiro involving

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one. Do you remember Hulk? Yes. Yeah. He's an

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international from Brazil. Yeah. And this was

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at the end of the game. And it sounds like somebody

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like did something. And all of a sudden. 22 players.

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I think 22 or 23 players. Red carded. So, I mean,

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there are players coming off the bench. It was

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1 -0. So, I think it was just poor sportsmanship

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as much as anything. Got out of hand. So that's

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pretty ugly. I would say if there's anything

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that's ugly in sports, it's brawls. You know

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what else is ugly? A blowout in a conference

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title game for a major Power 5 conference. That

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is what happened in Indianapolis. UCLA pounded

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Iowa. The final score, 96 -45. If this would

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have been high school basketball, it would have

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been running clock. That's how bad it was. That's

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kind of embarrassing. That's ugly in a championship

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game for an automatic birth to the NCAA tournament,

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and it's 96 -45. Is UCLA that much better? On

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Sunday they were. Well, and to this point, can

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we get into women's basketball? Because this

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is sort of where I was going to go with that.

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We can do that. I think that just goes to show

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that what Oregon women's basketball did in the

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NCAA, or sorry, in the Big Ten tournament. Not

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just fine, but that was good. Like, that was

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above my expectations. Didn't we talk about this,

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though, that I said if they can get two wins

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and get into the quarterfinals, that I think

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now with that, and I'll just say it, I'll probably

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end up being wrong, and I hope I don't jinx Kelly

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Graves' team. I think this might get them to

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the seven line. It might get them to the seven

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line. I think that it would have, for sure, if

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they would have beaten Michigan, and I was talking

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about this with Goose. In a way, it might have

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worked out for them the fact that they lost that

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game against Washington because they played the

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extra game against Purdue. It worked out as much

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as anything the same. They're 22 -12 on the season.

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Right. If they would have gotten another win

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against Michigan, it would have been even better.

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But you basically lose to Washington, so you

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don't get that game, but you make up for it with

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the game against Purdue, and then you get a ranked

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win against Maryland, which was maybe their best

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win of the season before the second win against

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Maryland on a neutral site. So I think the way

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that it's worked out, you were never going to

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probably beat a Michigan. I mean, you just weren't.

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I think the top of the conference is just way

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better. The only thing that would have been better

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for the Ducks this weekend is if Michigan would

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have made it to the title game. That's fair.

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And then would have lost. So what was tough was

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that Michigan lose to Iowa. Right. And then Iowa

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got smoked. And then Iowa got smoked. So, listen,

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the Ducks were playing their third game in three

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days against a Michigan team that earned the

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double bye, which can we please fix the conference

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tournaments that are lasting a week long? You

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know why that is? Why? It's because there's 18

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teams in the conference. And they're going to

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the only 15 teams make it next year? No, I thought

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they were going to the everybody makes it next

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year. I don't think everybody makes it. What

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are you playing the regular season for except

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for the top couple? See, listen, I'm okay with

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giving number one, number two. Listen, okay,

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I am okay giving number one, number two a double

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bye, but you don't give three and four a double

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bye as well. That's fair. I don't think that's

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fair to any of the competitive solution of this.

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You are killing the number nine team or whatever

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from, well, they just went there, but they still

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had to play two games or three games in three

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days. Here's my off -the -wall solution. I think

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you've got to go deeper, Danny. I think you've

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got to go deeper. You've got to add two more

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teams into the conference, split the conference

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tournament up into two tournaments, and then

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have the winners of those two tournaments play

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each other. Boom. Same site? I don't know. Figure

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it out. No, no. You can do Chicago and Indianapolis.

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Why not? If you are going to—well, you have to

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have them at the same site. I'm being facetious.

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I know. You just uncork it, and that's—I'm not

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opposed to that. I think 18 is an odd number.

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It almost feels like it should be 20. If you're

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going to go 18, why not be 20? So why don't you

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do this? You match—I see that. That wouldn't

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work either. I'm just thinking off the top of

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my head. I'm tired still. I'm thinking off the

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top of my head, which I shouldn't do that. So

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the Danny and Justin radio program sleep deprived

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here on a Monday live for the Bigfoot Beverage

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Studios, the Oregon Bank Links hotline at 541

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-343 -5673. We're going to have Isaac Streeter

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dialed up on that in a moment. But by the way,

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the Ducks had pushed the Wolverines to double

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overtime. Back on December 29th, 92 -87. So there

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was this slim hope that Oregon was going to be

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competitive with Michigan. And they were in the

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first half. I watched the first half up in Pendleton.

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They were within 10 in the third quarter, I believe.

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And then it just, once it got rolling for Michigan,

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it really did. Yeah, and Katie Fiso. And 2K did

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well. Yeah, they did. They had good games still.

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The third double -double in three games, 16 points,

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11 rebounds. Fiso had 22. averaged 18, almost

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19 points across the three games. She was 10

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of 16 from the field with seven assists. And

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that's what I wanted to bring up, too. I would

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be way more concerned if we saw if a Katie had

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a really bad game and if a Heese had a really

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bad game and they just got swallowed up. And

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this is a young team. Those are both sophomores

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we're talking about. Yeah, these are good reps

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for them. And obviously Katie would like to clean

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up the five turnovers. But I think that they've

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been both playing really, really well. And it's

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come down to these last, at least, five or six

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games, okay, those two players are playing really

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well. Who can be that third player that can add

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:10.519
that scoring punch? Ari Long, Sophia Bell. Exactly.

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Sarah Rambis. Well, Mia Jacobs is still coming

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back. She's wearing the brace. Let's see how

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effective she can be in the tournament. So, Selection

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Sunday for the women, March 15th. That's this

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Sunday at 5 p .m. So, we'll find out. I'm excited.

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I think that there's a chance that they're at

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that seven. I think so. I mean, obviously I'm

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not on the selection committee and I'm biased

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a bit, but I think they've done enough to get

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that resume to a seven line. Tell me a better,

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I mean, because when you get to the seven seed,

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right, there's like the top 28 in the country,

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right? Yeah, something like that. Oregon's been

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just outside of that top 25, I think, in my opinion,

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all season long. It'll be interesting to see

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where the committee puts somebody like a Michigan

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or somebody like an Iowa even now. You know,

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Iowa did the best thing for themselves. by getting

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to the championship game. So tip your hat to

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them. They probably jumped maybe five seeds from

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where they were at because I think they were

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slated originally coming in like a 10 or 9, kind

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of right where Oregon was. So I think they did

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themselves a huge favor in that respect. We'll

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see. A lot smarter people than us are going to

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do that. Big bets real quick. Dom went 4 -1.

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Intern Dom went 4 -1. He won the weekend. The

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best, so I think it was Steve because it just

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says ST here. Was that Steve, our friend Steve?

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Fan Steve? Yes. Went 3 -2. So just missed. Doc,

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Baby J, and Goose, speaking myself in third person,

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went 2 -3. I started out hot, had St. John's

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and Purdue, bam, bam, two wins right out of the

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gate. And then, no, actually it was, no, it wasn't

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Purdue. It was St. John's and Miami, Ohio that

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won. I know you were really worried about that

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one. Which one? Miami of Ohio. You texted us

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in that little group chat. If we get this one,

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if Goose gets this one on us, I'm really going

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to be upset. I was going to be porked on that.

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But Purdue let me down. Vandy let me down. Miami

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let me down. So you know what? I'm just going

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to say it right now, and I'll put myself on the

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record. If we ever have a Tennessee game, I don't

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care who they're playing, here on out, I'm not

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taking Rick Barnes anymore. I'm off the ghoul.

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That's it. I'm going to go ghoul free. for the

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rest of Big Bets. Yeah, I Jedi mind -tricked

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myself on that one because I was like, you know,

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I think Tennessee won the first game on the road.

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I was like, well, they're going to win at home

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then. Of course not. Yeah, well, it was debatable.

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All right, so when we return, we're going to

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have the great Isaac Streeter. We're going to

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talk Oregon, Oregon State baseball. Oregon State

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gets a nice win to start their home slate. They

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play again tonight. Oregon gets a series win

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on the road in the Big Ten, and the Bats came

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alive on Sunday. Angel Laia got out of his slump.

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He was 0 -4 in that series until he stepped up

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and parked a couple. So the fantastic freshman

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did a great job. We'll talk about that when we

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return on the Danny and Justin Radio Program.

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Bigfoot Beverages Studios, Fox Sports Eugene,

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Fox Sports Newport. We just talked about Oregon

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State women's basketball with the win over LMU

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getting into the WCC championship game. We'll

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talk about that a little bit more in a moment.

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The Beaver men moved to the semifinal round of

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the WCC tournament as well with a one -point

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win over San Francisco, the Dons. And we'll have

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some audio from Wayne Tinkle in the postgame

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in our last segment. as well as talking about

00:21:36.029 --> 00:21:37.990
Oregon softball in the last segment. But let's

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head on over to the Oregon Manco Lakes Hotline

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at 541 -343 -5673. He's our dear friend. He works

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for the Portland Tribune, but he also works for

00:21:47.150 --> 00:21:49.309
you, friends. He covers Oregon and Oregon State

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almost better than anybody else that we know.

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We have to be kind to the other people that come

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on this program because we don't just, like,

00:21:55.849 --> 00:21:57.650
say that to everybody that comes on the program.

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He is a Sac State alum, and we start with Stingers

00:22:01.569 --> 00:22:03.730
Up. Isaac Streeter joins us. You can follow him,

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Isaac underscore Streeter, on Twitter. What up,

00:22:07.170 --> 00:22:10.069
friend? Gentlemen, can I get a quick stingers

00:22:10.069 --> 00:22:13.750
up from both of you? Stingers up! Stingers up,

00:22:13.930 --> 00:22:17.750
boys. In a time where that athletic department

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has made me feel foolish and silly and dumb and

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overly hopeful, we beat... Defending national

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champion, LSU, and a best two out of three series.

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You know, credit to the boys. There's a couple

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of them left from when I was covering the team

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as a senior in college that were active in my

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Instagram DMs last night. So shout out to the

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fellas. That was fun to watch. It's time to get

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:53.519
Reggie Christensen a slice of that NIL war chest

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that they supposedly have. make Sac State baseball,

00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:01.400
give them the flowers they deserve. I always

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:05.140
loved David Goliath. And it's the best thing

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.819
to write about, isn't it? I mean, this is what

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:10.960
you do for a living. Most definitely. It's so

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.960
much fun. Those starting pitchers, I think they

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gave up, like, four hits in, you know, 15 innings

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or something of that nature in those starts.

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Like, those guys were awesome this weekend and,

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:25.109
you know, just so much fun for them. That's awesome,

00:23:25.150 --> 00:23:27.769
man. We're happy for you. I wanted to give you

00:23:27.769 --> 00:23:29.609
the platform right when we jumped out of this

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because we're with you. Although I've never been

00:23:32.609 --> 00:23:37.930
to Sac State. You're not missing much. Well,

00:23:37.970 --> 00:23:41.769
come on, man. But still, all right, they got

00:23:41.769 --> 00:23:44.329
the series win. Come on, man. We just propped

00:23:44.329 --> 00:23:46.210
them up. You don't have to say that. You're not

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going to be the poster child for Sacramento,

00:23:48.349 --> 00:23:51.799
right? Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm happy to. Sacramento

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versus the world, man. But, you know, we're comfortable

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:59.220
enough to admit our weaknesses. There's no, you

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:02.799
know, Oregon budget here. Gotcha. All right.

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Mustang Isaac Streeter joining us on the Oregon

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:09.259
Manco Linux Hotline at 541 -343 -5673. Let's

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:11.980
start with Oregon baseball because you're going

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:14.480
to be heading down to Corvallis to watch Xavier

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:18.670
and Oregon State. finish off their series but

00:24:18.670 --> 00:24:22.069
let's talk about the opening weekend series for

00:24:22.069 --> 00:24:24.950
the ducks in big 10 play and the offense was

00:24:24.950 --> 00:24:28.329
muted in the first two games a win and a loss

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and a 2 -1 loss spoiling Just an incredible outing

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.079
by Colin Clark on the mound for the Ducks in

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:38.359
day two. But then they come back. Man, the bats

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:43.380
came alive. 11 hits, 9 RBIs for Angel Laya, Drew

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Smith, and what we like to call Mayo or Hellboy,

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:49.240
Dominic Hellman. Let's start out with that. What

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:51.480
do you think is a better nickname? It's the Big

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:54.299
Mayo. The Big Mayo. We got three nicknames now.

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:59.240
No, see, but he used my mayo in mine, not yours.

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:04.930
Okay. So I'm going to defend my dear friend Jared

00:25:04.930 --> 00:25:08.809
Mack here. Big Mayo is his nickname. He's been

00:25:08.809 --> 00:25:10.650
pushing that one since that kid was a freshman.

00:25:12.029 --> 00:25:13.769
See, I didn't have the big in front of me. I

00:25:13.769 --> 00:25:16.650
just had Mayo. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's a great

00:25:16.650 --> 00:25:18.769
nickname. He looks like a beer league softball

00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:20.890
player out there right now. It's just electric

00:25:20.890 --> 00:25:24.170
to watch him swing the bat. 15 -4 series clinching

00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:27.450
win. I listened to it at Alexander Field in Purdue

00:25:27.450 --> 00:25:31.259
on Sunday. Aliyah was struggling in this series,

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:34.140
belted a pair of home runs into the bullpen for

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:36.299
the second time this year, went four for five,

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:40.500
four RBI, Smith and Hellman. Cal Scolari picks

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:43.440
up the win. He's now 3 -0, and what a great get

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:48.200
for the Ducks there. So my question to you. is

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:51.259
going to be about the offense first is that the

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:54.279
Ducks this kind of seems to be a rinse and repeat

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:58.059
from last year where they struggle mightily in

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.960
one game and then all of a sudden it's like this

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:04.680
explosion of the bats are we looking for more

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.039
consistency out of the offense for the balance

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.400
of this season for Waz's team is that what he

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:12.599
wants I would imagine so. I haven't gotten a

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:15.220
chance to talk to him since this series. You

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.960
know, I'll see him tomorrow and we'll catch up.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:20.740
But, you know, kind of my instant thought on

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:23.960
this is like that, yeah, sure, it would be nice

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:27.160
to see more consistency out of them and see them

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.299
play some higher level competition than what

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:32.220
the Big Ten has to offer. But, you know, the

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:35.759
simple fact is they're not going to until – wait

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:38.559
for it. They're going to end the year with –

00:26:38.829 --> 00:26:41.230
two three -game series against number one UCLA

00:26:41.230 --> 00:26:45.089
and number 25 USC right before the Big Ten tournament.

00:26:45.309 --> 00:26:47.890
And so I've got both of those circled right now.

00:26:47.930 --> 00:26:50.710
Those are going to be just, you can't really

00:26:50.710 --> 00:26:52.529
overstate how important those series will be.

00:26:52.710 --> 00:26:54.549
Obviously, we're looking down the road there.

00:26:56.069 --> 00:26:57.849
But, I mean, this is just kind of going to be

00:26:57.849 --> 00:27:00.329
par for the course. And I feel like, you know,

00:27:00.329 --> 00:27:01.930
with them just playing lesser competition kind

00:27:01.930 --> 00:27:04.009
of throughout the year, it's going to be a while

00:27:04.009 --> 00:27:07.009
before we really get to see them against, you

00:27:07.009 --> 00:27:09.420
know. the kind of competition that they think

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:11.279
they should be playing against every weekend.

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:14.539
First of all, what do you think Xavier Baseball

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:19.000
is thinking? Who convinced them to play four

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.140
games against Oregon State and then go down and

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:24.059
play Oregon? Xavier Baseball is thinking, where

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.799
can we find more ibuprofen for all these pitchers?

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:31.539
They ran this poor freshman outfielder out there

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:35.000
for two and a third last night who is not on

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.740
the roster as a pitcher. He's an outfielder.

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.339
And basically told him, buddy, we got to get

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:44.240
some innings. And credit to him. I think he put

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.920
up a scoreless inning, actually, at one point.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:49.980
Let's go. Those guys are nuts, man. They're doing

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.619
that. And before this, they played a midweek

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:55.480
against Ohio State, too, before they came out

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:57.740
here. So these guys have played, like, seven

00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:00.339
games in the last ten days. Just real warriors.

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.759
Yeah, yeah. Insanity. We're doing a lot of coverage

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:05.400
of Xavier baseball around here, as are you, as

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.309
we're talking to Isaac. Treater of the Portland

00:28:07.309 --> 00:28:10.450
Tribune. But Oregon, you know, solid weekend,

00:28:10.549 --> 00:28:13.130
I would say, as Danny said. The offense broke

00:28:13.130 --> 00:28:16.470
out in that last game. Not the best in game two.

00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:19.869
Feels to me like this team, I like the starting

00:28:19.869 --> 00:28:22.410
pitching. I like the options there. I like the

00:28:22.410 --> 00:28:24.529
lineup. How do you feel about the back end of

00:28:24.529 --> 00:28:25.930
the bullpen, like in the bullpen in general?

00:28:26.029 --> 00:28:27.930
Do you think that's on the same level as other

00:28:27.930 --> 00:28:30.950
two categories, or am I just sort of not seeing

00:28:30.950 --> 00:28:33.740
it yet? I'm actually super in on the bullpen,

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:36.960
specifically two arms. I really like Devin Bell.

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.900
He's the senior right -hander that they got from

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.920
Western Oregon this offseason. He's pumping like

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:44.200
a serious 95 with the slider. Looks like a good

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.019
option for him. I think the ERA is super inflated

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.880
right now because he got touched up against Irvine,

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:51.380
but jumped back up there on the mound the next

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:55.079
day and got the save in that final game. I think

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:57.440
that was a Vandy. I'm crossing my wires there.

00:28:57.700 --> 00:29:00.119
But he looks like a serious threat. It's crazy

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.400
to me that... He's been at Western Oregon for

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:05.200
the last three years at Sirius Velo. And Tanner

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:07.519
Bradley is another fun arm for them. He's like

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.720
a sinker, sweeper -y guy, lower slot from the

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.500
right side. But that's been good. Also got touched

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:16.500
up a little bit at Purdue, but has put together

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:18.740
really strong innings before that. I think Michael

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:21.160
Mechner is a piece for them. It's more the middle

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:24.160
relief that worries me with this team and just

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:26.099
will continue to do so. It seems like they're

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:29.099
going to be without Ian Amlant for most of the

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:32.599
season. But, yeah, I mean, the middle relief,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.400
if you're not getting six innings out of these

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.140
starters, I think that's when you kind of start

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:39.359
to get worried. So, Isaac, I'll just ask you

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:42.059
about a guy that I've talked about because he's

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:44.420
been a starter early on this season. I think

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:47.400
he picked up the second game start. A kid that's

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:50.079
been oft injured in the last few years with Oregon,

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.539
but now he shows up in relief a couple of times.

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:56.099
It's Toby Twist. And I think he could – could

00:29:56.099 --> 00:30:00.369
he be that middle relief solve? Yeah, definitely.

00:30:00.589 --> 00:30:03.049
I mean, I think they view him as potentially

00:30:03.049 --> 00:30:05.750
a guy who's, like I mentioned, with Umlont, potentially

00:30:05.750 --> 00:30:08.369
down. I think Toby's going to end up having to

00:30:08.369 --> 00:30:10.289
carry a lot of midweek starts for them. But,

00:30:10.289 --> 00:30:12.569
you know, if they could get two innings out of

00:30:12.569 --> 00:30:14.990
him on the weekends, you know, out of the bullpen,

00:30:15.089 --> 00:30:17.150
that could be pretty serious. That's a kid that

00:30:17.150 --> 00:30:19.710
when he showed up as a freshman was like a top

00:30:19.710 --> 00:30:23.500
50 draft guy before the elbow blew up. Didn't

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:25.720
see him a ton at the end of last year. But, yeah,

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:28.460
I mean, I think we'd be foolish to overlook Toby

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:32.680
Twist as a piece of that composition. Yeah, I

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:34.500
mean, I think it's a great story as well because

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:36.279
this is a kid who's fought back and just keeps

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.759
coming back and is not giving up. Now, I don't

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:42.500
think he got in. I'm just looking over the box

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:44.720
score from yesterday. I don't know if he threw

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:49.009
at all this weekend. I like the midweek start

00:30:49.009 --> 00:30:50.569
thing, so we might see him against Xavier in

00:30:50.569 --> 00:30:54.190
one of these games. I don't know. But he's intriguing

00:30:54.190 --> 00:30:56.289
to me, and I don't want to fixate on that. But,

00:30:56.329 --> 00:30:59.589
I mean, with 14 arms in starting and then the

00:30:59.589 --> 00:31:01.650
bullpen, I mean, that's where college baseball

00:31:01.650 --> 00:31:04.089
is won and lost for the most part. You can talk

00:31:04.089 --> 00:31:06.650
about the offense all you want, but as the Ducks

00:31:06.650 --> 00:31:08.789
have seen, and Oregon State will see it the same

00:31:08.789 --> 00:31:11.410
way, pitching is at a premium, and if you've

00:31:11.410 --> 00:31:15.109
got all three sets of it, you can go a long way.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:17.759
Most definitely. And I think the biggest thing

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.039
to keep in mind with Toby Twist is that he checks

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:22.619
the name box. He's got the name aura. And so

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:24.740
that's, you know, really important for starting

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:27.460
pitchers. Toby Twist, great name. And as a left

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:29.799
-handed guy, I mean, I got to root for my lefties.

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:32.839
Oh, of course. Always like a good lefty. I want

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.779
to talk about a little bit of Oregon State baseball

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:37.579
as well. Really solid weekend for them. Obviously,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.359
we were talking about the Xavier. They have another

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:42.599
game tonight against Xavier at 535, which I know

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:44.660
you're going to be there. Just your thoughts

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:46.819
on the weekend so far. The offense kind of finally

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.599
breaking out. It feels like maybe the game against

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:50.779
Oregon was the game that first happened. But

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.980
yeah, just your evaluation of the first three

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:55.279
games of the series so far. Yeah, Round Rock

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:57.599
was weird, and I think that really skewed a lot

00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.099
of perception on them. They've never played well

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:02.859
in the two years that they've gone down there

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:05.720
for that tournament. Came back, I agree. I think

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.660
that Oregon game was really big for them, especially

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:10.599
given that they hadn't won in PK Park in two

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:12.940
years, I believe, and especially after Oregon

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:15.140
took all four from them last year. I know there

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.500
was definitely some weight in that matchup. I

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:20.220
think the biggest thing about the offense right

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:22.339
now is just kind of figuring out how these pieces

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:25.579
are coming together. And as of late, Josh Proctor,

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:28.259
the freshman outfielder who I got to chat with

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:30.059
over the summer and was really impressed with

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.000
when he was playing with the Corvallis Knights,

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:36.039
is really coming into his own. Looks like a true

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.200
cleanup power threat. And I think the most interesting

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.500
thing about this offense right now is they're

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:43.640
getting production from guys that, in the lead

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.480
-up to the preseason, we didn't talk about them

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.059
leaning on production -wise. Jacob Craig has

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:50.700
been... you know, something of a non -factor

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:52.819
for them thus far. I think he's below the Mendoza

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:55.119
line and running, like, a 60 % strikeout rate.

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.940
It's been tough for him. He pulled one out of

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:59.539
the yard a couple nights ago. But, you know,

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:01.400
A .J. Singer has been struggling, too. Easton

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.740
Taltz is normal self. He's not walking at the

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.859
rate he did last year, but has been a good leadoff

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:08.460
man for them. But, you know, they're leaning

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:10.539
on the guys that Adam hates for the world, and

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:13.420
Josh Proctor have become, you know, really big

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:15.970
top -end pieces for them. And it's funny, too,

00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:17.990
because the guy that you could absolutely look

00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:19.670
at as the best guy in their lineup right now,

00:33:19.690 --> 00:33:21.950
Jacob Galloway, doesn't have a home run so far,

00:33:22.109 --> 00:33:25.250
but he only has two strikeouts and six walks.

00:33:25.309 --> 00:33:27.109
So not getting a ton of walks or anything like

00:33:27.109 --> 00:33:29.630
that, but any time you're getting more walks

00:33:29.630 --> 00:33:31.230
than strikeouts in general, that's really, really

00:33:31.230 --> 00:33:33.630
good, especially three times as many walks than

00:33:33.630 --> 00:33:36.069
strikeouts. So he's just a really interesting

00:33:36.069 --> 00:33:38.930
guy as sort of your best guy in the middle of

00:33:38.930 --> 00:33:42.710
your order. Yeah, he has such— an interesting

00:33:42.710 --> 00:33:45.250
skill set he's so good behind the dish and his

00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:48.589
like swing decisions are you know i don't want

00:33:48.589 --> 00:33:51.009
to say bizana level but like he he just has an

00:33:51.009 --> 00:33:54.289
elite eye at the plate right now um the i i don't

00:33:54.289 --> 00:33:55.769
think the over the fence power is ever really

00:33:55.769 --> 00:33:58.289
going to be there um but you know he's driving

00:33:58.289 --> 00:34:01.130
it to the gaps and as a three hitter kind of

00:34:01.130 --> 00:34:04.390
guy i mean it's it's pretty electric Oregon State

00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:07.089
goes into this matchup with Xavier tonight. Oregon

00:34:07.089 --> 00:34:09.530
State 10 -4 on the season right now. Xavier 5

00:34:09.530 --> 00:34:14.090
-10, Goss Stadium 535. First pitch in Corvallis.

00:34:14.110 --> 00:34:16.789
We've got the great Isaac Streeter. He is a personality

00:34:16.789 --> 00:34:18.889
hire for the Portland Tribune. You can follow

00:34:18.889 --> 00:34:21.889
him on Twitter. Your words, buddy. Those are

00:34:21.889 --> 00:34:23.570
your – I'm reading it right from the bio. I know.

00:34:23.710 --> 00:34:25.949
It just always gets me. Well, that's good. I'm

00:34:25.949 --> 00:34:28.230
glad I can help you out. Isaac underscore Streeter.

00:34:28.289 --> 00:34:30.349
He's our good friend. We call him Mustang. Joining

00:34:30.349 --> 00:34:32.349
us on the Danny and Justin radio program. So

00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:34.750
I want to talk about the – bats. As Oregon State

00:34:34.750 --> 00:34:37.730
finishes with 15 hits, took advantage of 16 walks,

00:34:37.949 --> 00:34:42.789
six hit by a batter for the 17 -2 win over Xavier

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:47.349
Sunday afternoon. But I will say, as Oregon State

00:34:47.349 --> 00:34:50.449
faces more elite pitching, and they show that

00:34:50.449 --> 00:34:53.550
when the early part of the season in Frisco and

00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:56.650
in Round Rock and such, that they were up and

00:34:56.650 --> 00:34:58.769
down. It was peaks and valleys. Do you think

00:34:58.769 --> 00:35:00.630
this is going to even out? Is Mitch Canham going

00:35:00.630 --> 00:35:02.829
to mold this team into more small ball as he

00:35:02.829 --> 00:35:05.630
works deeper into the season and starts to keep

00:35:05.630 --> 00:35:09.130
playing elite talent and elite pitching? Yeah,

00:35:09.190 --> 00:35:11.469
I mean, we talk about the small ball thing plenty,

00:35:11.530 --> 00:35:16.510
and I think kind of the underlying way of what

00:35:16.510 --> 00:35:18.849
that means for this team is they're just not

00:35:18.849 --> 00:35:20.269
going to hit home runs with the clip that they

00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:22.289
did last year. There you go. Yep. Going to be

00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:24.769
plenty of doubles in the gap, but, you know.

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:27.199
I think they're still figuring out how they want

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.219
to run bases consistently if they want to be

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:32.800
a team that steals a ton of bags. It hasn't been

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.880
great for them early on, if I'm being honest.

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:37.280
I've seen Easton Tull get picked off a couple

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.099
times. Eli Greaves -Smith, who's like a utility

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:42.139
fourth outfielder for them, kind of the same

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:45.280
deal. They've got plenty of speed on that team,

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:47.320
but I just think they're going to end up being

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:51.980
a team that's really happy hitting. four singles

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.679
and getting a guy in or you know a double in

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:58.159
the gap yeah they're five of 12 on the season

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.519
so far which is certainly even really just as

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.440
you said like fewer attempts than i was expecting

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:05.019
to this point in the season um on the pitching

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:10.570
side uh uh Ethan Kleinschmidt had a nice Saturday

00:36:10.570 --> 00:36:12.969
start, went five innings, two earned runs. Previous

00:36:12.969 --> 00:36:14.690
couple starts against Alabama and Southern Miss

00:36:14.690 --> 00:36:16.969
got touched up a bit after a nice first start.

00:36:17.070 --> 00:36:18.909
Nine strikeouts and only one earned run against

00:36:18.909 --> 00:36:20.889
Arizona. You think he figured out things a little

00:36:20.889 --> 00:36:24.389
bit after a couple bad starts? I would still

00:36:24.389 --> 00:36:26.809
kind of quantify this start as one that he himself

00:36:26.809 --> 00:36:30.570
wasn't happy with. We talked to him after the

00:36:30.570 --> 00:36:34.260
game. He was just kind of glad that they won

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.960
the game. He had a really rough second inning

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.460
there and has gotten tagged on some fastballs

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:40.340
up in the zone. It's kind of been his issue.

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.760
He's a fly ball pitcher. When he's struggling

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:44.500
to really command the zone, that's when things

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.360
get dicey for him, and that was kind of the case

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.639
early on. I think it's still super early for

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:50.179
him, and I think he's going to settle down. The

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.079
ERA is just making it look a bit weird. I mean,

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:56.159
Bama got into him for some home runs, but he's

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.760
a steady heartbeat guy. He's going to figure

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.590
it out just fine. He's just not someone who's

00:37:01.590 --> 00:37:04.170
going to want, and not that any of them do. I

00:37:04.170 --> 00:37:06.230
mean, Dax's stuff is just so ridiculous that

00:37:06.230 --> 00:37:09.469
he racks up the strikeouts. But I'm starting

00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:11.309
to feel like, you know, that just isn't what

00:37:11.309 --> 00:37:13.590
Ethan Kleinschmidt needs to be for them. He's

00:37:13.590 --> 00:37:15.889
going to be a workhorse. Strikeouts will come

00:37:15.889 --> 00:37:19.050
because the stuff's nasty. But, you know, he's

00:37:19.050 --> 00:37:21.289
going to really just grind out innings for them.

00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:23.849
Flash the new changeup quite a bit on Saturday.

00:37:23.989 --> 00:37:27.590
That was really impressive. Rich Dorman, the

00:37:27.590 --> 00:37:29.429
pitching coach, has done with changeups on this

00:37:29.429 --> 00:37:33.539
roster this offseason is disgusting. In a good

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:36.360
way. Yes, in a good way. Yeah. We want to make

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:38.380
sure anybody who's driving down the road that's

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:40.519
as old as I am is going to go, okay, is that

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:42.079
good or is that bad? No, that's a good thing.

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:45.260
All right, Isaac. Really impressive change -ups.

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.579
Yeah, well, you know, maybe we'll dive into that

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:49.199
a little bit more next time we talk. So we're

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.699
going to let you go because I know we've got

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:53.039
to get you in the car and get you down to Goss

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:55.440
Stadium. But I want to ask you this before I

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.360
let you go. Isaac Streeter from the Portland

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:59.480
Tribune. We call him Mustang here on the Danny

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:05.820
and Justin Radio program. at the ballpark? Sunflower

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:10.079
seeds. Oh, nice. Do you have the separate cup

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.820
that you're spitting? Oh, yeah. I've got to have

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:15.559
the spitter cup. Okay. All right, good. So is

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.539
it just straight, or do you go for the flavors

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:22.139
at all? It depends. If I'm going for a flavor,

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:24.599
I'm keeping it pretty simple. I've dabbled with

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:27.059
some cracked pepper, some lemon pepper ones.

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:29.840
So you're not adventurous like to the ranch or

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:33.519
the barbecue? I don't need all that. I just want

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:37.300
the salt. You're a simple guy. We like that.

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.079
All right, Isaac. Well, love your coverage, man,

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:42.760
and really appreciate it, as always. I know I

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.260
keep saying it every time you get on the program,

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:46.000
but you know what? You've got to thank the people

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:48.139
you love. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:50.440
it. Take care. All right, there he goes, the

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:52.800
great Isaac Streeter. We call him Mustang. All

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.800
right, when we come back, we're going to hear

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:58.980
from Wayne Tinkle in the postscript of... His

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:02.619
lame duck run. I'm just going to tell you, Justin,

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:05.639
wouldn't this be great if the Beavers win the

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.420
automatic bid into the NCAA tournament? It would

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:12.059
be. The irony would be thick. You could taste

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:17.079
the irony. Sweet, sweet. Oregon softball as well

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:19.780
had a nice weekend on Championship Sunday. We'll

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:21.440
talk about that when we return on the Danny and

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:26.429
Justin radio program. Thanks again to Isaac Streeter,

00:39:26.530 --> 00:39:29.090
Mustang. You can follow him, Isaac, that's two

00:39:29.090 --> 00:39:33.530
A's, underscore Streeter, on the Twitter. Portland

00:39:33.530 --> 00:39:36.769
Tribune, Oregon, Oregon State beat writer, and

00:39:36.769 --> 00:39:39.869
a SAC State alum. Want to do one more time for

00:39:39.869 --> 00:39:42.489
him? Stingers up. I'm surprised we didn't drop

00:39:42.489 --> 00:39:44.889
a SAC State in there either. Well, that's what

00:39:44.889 --> 00:39:48.170
he's embarrassed about, I think. They jacked

00:39:48.170 --> 00:39:50.829
him around a little bit. So let's head to Jane

00:39:50.829 --> 00:39:53.679
Sanders Stadium. It was championship Sunday for

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:55.780
Oregon softball. Five -run first inning ensured

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:58.219
that the Ducks were the queens of the Jane Sanders

00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:01.260
Classic. Oregon closed out its second home tournament

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:03.579
of the spring with a win Sunday. Jumping on Nevada

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.840
early, their only loss of the weekend came earlier

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:08.840
in the weekend to the Wolfpack. A day after dropping

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:13.360
that game to Nevada, they post a 7 -3 win. The

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:15.500
bats start coming alive. I love that Riley McCoy

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:19.280
is starting to hit the ball now. Yes, and Stephanie.

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:21.989
And Stephanie Mahaka. Yeah, she had a nice. Friday.

00:40:22.349 --> 00:40:24.630
McCoy drives in. The two lead runners putting

00:40:24.630 --> 00:40:28.650
the Ducks up for the first time. 3 -2. Ake goes

00:40:28.650 --> 00:40:32.550
one for four with an RBI as well as the Ducks.

00:40:32.750 --> 00:40:37.289
They pound out 12 hits, seven runs. They left

00:40:37.289 --> 00:40:39.889
nine on base still. But Lindsey Grein gets the

00:40:39.889 --> 00:40:44.070
win. She's now 10 -3. The fabulous Frosh, Maddie

00:40:44.070 --> 00:40:47.190
Millhorn, closes out the last out. She doesn't

00:40:47.190 --> 00:40:49.989
get a save because they were way up. And so the

00:40:49.989 --> 00:40:53.710
Ducks now. We'll get ready for Penn State. They

00:40:53.710 --> 00:40:56.989
will host the opening of the Big Ten Friday,

00:40:57.170 --> 00:41:00.590
6 p .m. on Big Ten Plus. So we talked about it.

00:41:00.630 --> 00:41:03.449
I want to get to Wayne Tinkle and Oregon State

00:41:03.449 --> 00:41:07.530
as we close out the show. But I'm kind of waiting

00:41:07.530 --> 00:41:12.320
for this domination. See, is that the word I

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:14.960
would like to— Honestly, what is the way you

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.159
put it earlier? You don't have concerns yet?

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:19.699
I don't have any concerns. I'm a little concerned.

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:23.940
I'm not overly concerned. I think I'm a little

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:25.980
worried about the pitching. I know that sounds

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:29.760
crazy. Like you said, it just hasn't been quite

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.139
as dominant yet. And I think there's times with

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:35.239
your lineup against Nevada, you know, you lose

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:38.820
5 -8. Like, it happens. But I'm a little more

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:42.710
concerned with not— With giving up eight runs,

00:41:42.929 --> 00:41:45.309
then I am not getting more than five, if that

00:41:45.309 --> 00:41:49.349
makes sense. I just, even, I mean, and Lindsey's

00:41:49.349 --> 00:41:50.730
been, she gave up three runs against Nevada,

00:41:50.889 --> 00:41:52.969
and she's been very, very good outside of a couple

00:41:52.969 --> 00:41:56.530
of starts over the last, like, ten appearances,

00:41:56.610 --> 00:41:59.789
say. But Elise has been a little spotty. Okay,

00:41:59.829 --> 00:42:02.690
so here's how I'll quantify that. Okay. Is the

00:42:02.690 --> 00:42:05.469
early part of the season is you're playing a

00:42:05.469 --> 00:42:07.409
lot of, you're playing double headers, back -to

00:42:07.409 --> 00:42:11.079
-back games, back -to -back days. going out not

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:13.780
just two days, but three days and four days.

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:16.260
It's going to be unlike the conference season.

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.659
When you start getting into the meat of the conference

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:20.719
season, you're going to play a three set against

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:24.460
teams for the most part. So the way you set up

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:26.460
your pitching staff is going to be different

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:29.159
than when you're in a tournament setting. It

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:33.699
is. So that's where probably we're seeing the

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:37.369
peaks and valleys. I am more concerned. if i

00:42:37.369 --> 00:42:40.630
have a concern at all is the consistency on the

00:42:40.630 --> 00:42:42.650
offensive side interesting we have i think we

00:42:42.650 --> 00:42:44.210
have different concerns the offense for some

00:42:44.210 --> 00:42:47.230
reason the consistency has not been there as

00:42:47.230 --> 00:42:49.710
you said but elon butler has certainly been consistent

00:42:49.710 --> 00:42:52.130
oh she's been really consistent and we're talking

00:42:52.130 --> 00:42:54.050
about a couple of kids that are new to the program

00:42:54.050 --> 00:42:57.579
as well so it's about that blend But, I mean,

00:42:57.599 --> 00:43:00.239
I want to see Riley McCoy. Totally. I want to

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:02.059
see Stephanie Maake. We just mentioned them at

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:04.320
the top. Yeah. I mean, these are bats that were

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:08.219
big for Oregon last year in huge situations that,

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:11.840
you know, it's okay. I mean, we're in the baby

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:14.019
step part of the season. Well, and that's where

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:16.239
I feel like for, I say I'm a little concerned.

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.900
I'm not very concerned because for both of these

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:21.460
sides of the ball. The offense, I just sort of

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:23.059
feel like Riley McCoy is going to be really good

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:24.739
after a while. I think that Stephanie Malake

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:26.519
is going to pick it up after a while. I think

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:28.820
that the offense, they're just too talented not

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:31.079
to be good. And really, it's the same thing with

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:33.400
the pitching, too, I would say. I think Lindsey,

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:36.340
you know, she's been awesome. I'm not really

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:38.059
worried about it. At least I think that, yeah,

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:40.099
she'll figure it out. Maddie, obviously been

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:42.340
throwing heat out there, and that's been really

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:45.820
fun to see. You know, the experience, you know,

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:47.900
with Taylor Spencer has been really important,

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:52.250
I think, too. Super -duper worried. I am a little

00:43:52.250 --> 00:43:55.150
bit concerned. I just think that, like you said,

00:43:55.349 --> 00:43:58.150
I was expecting this team to go out there, and

00:43:58.150 --> 00:44:00.570
maybe it's crazy, but to win like 8 -0 every

00:44:00.570 --> 00:44:01.869
day. And listen, we're talking about a team that's

00:44:01.869 --> 00:44:04.150
already got 18 wins. I know. Now, last year at

00:44:04.150 --> 00:44:06.570
this time, they had over 20 wins. But this isn't

00:44:06.570 --> 00:44:08.829
last year. Version 8 is going to be different

00:44:08.829 --> 00:44:10.590
than Version 7, which is different than Version

00:44:10.590 --> 00:44:16.800
6. And the goal is to get to Oklahoma City. exactly

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:18.260
and that's one thing i was going to say is that

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:19.619
one thing i think they have been doing a pretty

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:22.159
good job with is that lindsey i think she had

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:25.699
180 innings last year she has 60 so far which

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:28.139
i think is pretty solid you have lindsey with

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:32.480
60 elise has 40 right now maddie and spencer

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:35.679
have around No, they're both around 30 plus or

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:37.739
minus, like a few innings. So that's pretty good

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:39.920
in terms of you're getting your obviously best

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:42.199
pitcher out there for a large majority of those

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:44.519
innings, but it's not so crazy that you're just

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:46.780
relying on her. I think that it's going to be

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:49.400
so important going through the schedule to have

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:51.900
her and the whole pitching staff fresh as the

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:53.739
season goes along. So that's what I was concerned

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:55.639
about coming into the year, and I think they're

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:58.309
doing a good job. Keeping her fresh and just

00:44:58.309 --> 00:45:01.230
the whole rotation. The Danny Justin Reddier

00:45:01.230 --> 00:45:05.210
program here on a Monday. Yeah, it's Monday already.

00:45:05.469 --> 00:45:09.510
It's the night. And if my throat still sounds

00:45:09.510 --> 00:45:12.989
a little raspy, it's not cigars and whiskey.

00:45:13.449 --> 00:45:15.329
It's just calling a lot of high school basketball,

00:45:15.469 --> 00:45:16.949
which I'll get to do again this week, which I'm

00:45:16.949 --> 00:45:20.239
happy to do. Oregon hosts Penn State Friday,

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:22.460
6 p .m. That starts the Big Ten season for the

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:24.679
Ducks. Let's talk Oregon State men's basketball.

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:27.179
They moved on to the semifinal round of the WCC

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:31.360
tournament. 78 -77 win over San Francisco. They

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:36.099
trailed 11 -0 in this game. Right from the jump.

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:39.940
They come back. They will advance to take on

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:45.860
Gonzaga in the semifinals. That's this evening,

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:51.170
is it? Yeah, 6 p .m. tonight. And so after the

00:45:51.170 --> 00:45:53.510
game, and, of course, all the storyline is going

00:45:53.510 --> 00:45:55.730
to be Wayne Tinkle, number four seed, you're

00:45:55.730 --> 00:45:57.150
a lame duck. You know you're going to go out.

00:45:57.190 --> 00:45:59.050
You're going to coach the rest of the season.

00:46:00.090 --> 00:46:02.369
And what is it about Wayne Tinkle? What is it

00:46:02.369 --> 00:46:04.469
about? There were a lot of emotions when I was

00:46:04.469 --> 00:46:08.289
by myself, but we had to make sure we made it

00:46:08.289 --> 00:46:10.730
about the team this week. That's all we've ever

00:46:10.730 --> 00:46:13.250
done, right? And we talk about being selfless

00:46:13.250 --> 00:46:17.630
and really doing what we do for the betterment

00:46:17.630 --> 00:46:20.469
of the group. So why would I make it about me,

00:46:20.510 --> 00:46:22.750
the individual, all of a sudden? That would be

00:46:22.750 --> 00:46:25.510
so hypocritical. We've got enough of that in

00:46:25.510 --> 00:46:29.010
our society. So it was just, hey, we're going

00:46:29.010 --> 00:46:31.309
to move forward. Before the game, like, guys,

00:46:31.369 --> 00:46:33.710
we love each other so much. Why would we want

00:46:33.710 --> 00:46:36.409
this to be our last night? Let's keep this thing

00:46:36.409 --> 00:46:39.130
going. And so that was really the focus all week,

00:46:39.190 --> 00:46:42.900
not about any of the other stuff. Des White finishes

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:45.760
with 18 points, comes back from injury. Josiah

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:48.300
Lake II finished with 18, seven assists, four

00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:52.739
rebounds. Isaiah Sy had 12. And Oregon State

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:57.139
outscored the Dons 37 -2 from the bench. Oregon

00:46:57.139 --> 00:47:00.400
State's now 17 -15 overall. Only chance to make

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:03.099
the NCAA tournament is to shock the world and

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:06.900
win the WCC. They take one step closer playing

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:09.599
Gonzaga, who they split with this season. By

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:11.559
the way, Mookie Cook, former Oregon Duck, only

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:14.460
nine minutes, no points in that game against

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:18.760
Oregon State. You know, Oregon State, they might

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:21.860
regret this one. They might have screwed up a

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:24.199
little bit. Might have messed up a little bit

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:26.159
by letting Wayne Tinkle go. I think so. Wayne

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.900
Tinkle. I think that might come back to bite

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:31.380
them. I'll tell you, wouldn't it be the biggest

00:47:31.380 --> 00:47:35.199
just thumbs up in your face, you know, the nose

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:37.670
in your face by going. you know what, we're going

00:47:37.670 --> 00:47:39.889
to make the NCAA tournament. How do you like

00:47:39.889 --> 00:47:42.289
them apples? They're a lot closer than I think

00:47:42.289 --> 00:47:44.929
Scott Barnes would like in a way. Could you please

00:47:44.929 --> 00:47:47.869
get the drop from Goodwill Hunting? Sure. How

00:47:47.869 --> 00:47:52.030
do you like them apples for tomorrow if Oregon

00:47:52.030 --> 00:47:54.420
State beats Gonzaga? I mean, I don't know if

00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:55.860
this was, like, confirmed, but do you see the

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:57.940
video of, like, I don't remember which game it

00:47:57.940 --> 00:48:01.219
was, but the Beavers after the firing of Scott

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:04.679
Barnes, air quotes. No, it's firing. Of Dwayne

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:06.239
Tinkle, that he, like, wasn't cheering after,

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:07.780
like, a big shot or something like that. Did

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:09.679
you see that video at all? No, I did not. We're

00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:10.719
going to have to look this up and confirm if

00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:13.179
it was really Scott Barnes. But, yeah, I think.

00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:15.280
I don't know. I mean, if you're Scott Barnes,

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:17.860
how do you feel about, like, this team making

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:19.840
the NCAA tournament? Like, are you happy after

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:21.539
you just, like, let the coach go? Like, I don't

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:23.119
know. I mean, it doesn't seem like that's. I

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:25.099
mean, it sounds messed up because you want to.

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:26.860
It is messed up. You know what I mean? That's

00:48:26.860 --> 00:48:29.039
the whole thing. It is totally messed up. Oh,

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:32.679
a joke. I got fired from the bank today. A woman

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:34.539
asked me to check her balance, so I pushed her.

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:41.880
Dad jokes. Another animal dad joke. What do you

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:48.440
call a cow when it grows facial hair? Oh, no,

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:52.219
sorry. What do you call it when a cow grows facial

00:48:52.219 --> 00:48:54.289
hair? That makes more sense. What do you call

00:48:54.289 --> 00:48:57.469
it when a cow grows facial hair? A moo -stache.

00:48:57.710 --> 00:49:02.110
A moo -stache. All right, tomorrow on the program,

00:49:02.289 --> 00:49:05.150
and I know he's probably listening, but I haven't

00:49:05.150 --> 00:49:07.730
asked him yet. We're going to get Thurston boys

00:49:07.730 --> 00:49:10.150
basketball coach Blaine Libitor on the program.

00:49:11.250 --> 00:49:13.710
He's a good friend of the program. So we'll get

00:49:13.710 --> 00:49:17.090
Thurston is in the 5A state basketball final

00:49:17.090 --> 00:49:21.760
eight up in McMinnville. For Justin, I'm Danny.

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God bless. Put a smile on your face. Someone

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else's. They deserve it. So do you. Peace.